Sōhachi Yamaoka
# Sōhachi Yamaoka

Sōhachi Yamaoka (山岡荘八, Yamaoka Sōhachi, January 11, 1907 – September 30, 1978) from Niigata was a Japanese author. He wrote a number of historical novels. Politician Kenji Yamaoka is an adopted son. In 1968, he won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for his historical novel Tokugawa Ieyasu.

## Awards

* 1958 - Chunichi Prize
* 1967 - Shin Hasegawa Prize
* 1968 - Yoshikawa Eiji Prize
* 1973- Medal with Purple Ribbon
* 1978 - 2nd Class, Order of the Sacred Treasure

## Selected published works

* Otoko no Koi (1938)
* Marshall Yamamoto Isoroku (1944)
* Young Chiba Shusaku (1955)
* Chiba Shūsaku (1952-54)
* Tokugawa Ieyasu (1953-67) - 28 volumes
* Oda Nobunaga (1955-60) - 8 volumes
* Young Oda Nobunaga (1965)
* Yamada Nagamasa (1956)
* Sakamoto Ryōma (1956)
* Mito Kōmon (1957)
* Minamoto no Yoritomo (1957-60) - 3 volumes
* Shin Taiheiki (1957-62) - 8 volumes
* Nobusuke Kishi (1959)
* Ikiteita Mitsuhide (1963)
* Yagyū clan (1964)
* Mōri Motonari (1964)
* Isehon Taikoki (1965) - 7 volumes
* Pacific War (1965-71) - 9 volumes
* Takasugi Shinsaku (1966)
* Yoshida Shōin (1968)
* Emperor Meiji (1968) - 3 volumes
* Date Masamune (1970-73)
* Haru no Sakamichi (1971)
* Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1974) - 5 volumes
* Tokugawa Iemitsu (1974-76) - 3 volumes
* Unprecedented Man - Ryōichi Sasakawa (1978)

## Adaptations

### Television

* Haru no Sakamichi (1971)
* Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983)
* Dokuganryū Masamune (1987)

### Film

* Kurenaigao no Wakamusha (1955)Oda Nobunaga, a Toei production
* Fuunji Oda Nobunaga (1959), a Toei production
* Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965), a Toei production
